NSW set to introduce new handicapping system

By Hot Gossip

Let's hope it's better than the new whip rules! The controversial ratings-based handicapping system is to be replaced in NSW from October 1 with a system officials say will be truly merit-based. The BENCHMARK system says the weight a horse carries at its next start will be determined immediately after its previous race. Racing NSW claims the new system will combine the best elements and resources of modern regulatory handicapping and private handicapping by form analysts working independently of

Let's hope it's better than the new whip rules! The controversial ratings-based handicapping system is to be replaced in NSW from October 1 with a system officials say will be truly merit-based. The BENCHMARK system says the weight a horse carries at its next start will be determined immediately after its previous race. Racing NSW claims the new system will combine the best elements and resources of modern regulatory handicapping and private handicapping by form analysts working independently of the regulating authority.

Jacquie Little, wife of popular Caulfield trainer Colin Little, has died after a long battle with an inoperable brain tumor. Jacquie was a key part of Lord Lodge, the home of current Grp I winners El Segundo and Ista Kareem and many other top-class gallopers.